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Lucy Tolond

Work Department

Professional indemnity.

Position

Lucy is a partner in the professional indemnity team in BLM. Lucy acts on behalf of a wide range of professionals, but has particular expertise in dealing with claims against accountants, solicitors, financial advisers and insurance brokers. She frequently acts on behalf of financial advisers facing claims for mis-selling from large numbers of former clients and has provided training to IFA networks on emerging risks in the financial services sector. She also deals with claims against emerging professions, including insolvency practitioners, IT professionals, and compliance consultants: she acted on behalf of the third party FSA compliance consultant in (1) Stokors SA (2) Lucien Selce (3) Phoenicia Asset Management (Holding) SAL v IG Markets Limited, Third Party: Craigcrook Management Services Limited; Commercial Court Action 2010 Folio 1331, a claim brought by IG Markets Limited arising out of the collapse of a Scottish-based broker. Following a five-week trial in the commercial court, the claim was successfully defended. Lucy also regularly advises on policy cover, policy avoidance and fraud, and provides training to insurers on policy issues and interpretation of policy wordings.

Career

Trained BLM 2005; qualified into the professional indemnity team 2007. After a period spent at Pinsent Masonsâ insurance team, gaining experience in non-contentious insurance matters and insurance regulation, Lucy returned to BLMâs professional indemnity team in 2009.

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West Midlands: Insurance

Professional negligence

BLMÂ isÂ 'a strong firm in this region' with 'an established following' and 'proven expertise' in this field. Julian SmartÂ leads the team, andÂ is 'pragmatic' , 'commercial' and 'has a very deep understanding of the sector'. He has extensive experience representingÂ professional indemnity insurers in defending negligence claims against accountants, financial advisers, brokers, surveyors, architects and engineers. Lucy TolondÂ has 'the understanding and range of expertise, crossing multiple different disciplines, necessary to answer the most complicated questions'. She focuses on claims against accountants, financial advisers, insolvency practitioners and insurance intermediaries.

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